Celebrity Big Brother star Winston McKenzie landed himself in hot water after housemates we made aware of comments he'd made about gay adoption in 2012.

The Metro reported that McKenzie had compared gay adoption to child abuse, a statement which caused outrage amongst others in the house.

Winston was voted out on Friday night, and during his eviction interview Emma Willis confronted him as he tried to defend his controversial opinions.

The exchange sparked heated debate in our comments section, with many blasting the star.

'No-one was putting words in his mouth.'

Winston McKenzie was the first to be evicted from the Big Brother house

McKenzie was a poor choice as a housemate from the very start, according to hh56 : "Winston is homophobic. No-one was putting words in his mouth. He was the one making comments about gays before he even went in the house. He should have not been put in the house."

'They knew what McKenzie was about before he went in'

DollySmith thinks it was all for publicity on the show's part: "Endemol and Willis are arch hypocrites. They knew what McKenzie was about before he went in, that's why they picked him just as they picked people like Jim Davidson and the Hopkins troll before him.

"They pick these bigots deliberately for the show in order to create trouble within the house and generate headlines."

'Thousands of children in the care system'

CarolinePower reckons people should put any prejudices aside: "There are thousands of children in the care system waiting for a loving, stable, permanent home. Would you deny them that because the parents by nature would not naturally be able to conceive as a couple?"

Disbelief

One user was completely dumbfounded: "OMG, did he actually say this?! This bloke for real?" wrote KimNShirtcliffe .